Geneva has the sleepy tidiness of a man who combs his hair while yet in his pyjamas.
Tidiness makes me think of held breath, of suspended animation.
Do not think me fussy when I specify tidiness. It is essential. . . In printing, remember that cleanliness and order wait upon success.
The greatest of mythologies divided its gods into creators, preservers and destroyers. Tidiness obviously belongs to the second category, which mitigates the terrific impact of the other two.
The passion for tidiness is the historian's occupational disease.
Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty.